IfM-Bonn research indicates that the optimal level of bureaucracy has been greatly exceeded. This applies not only to the time and cost requirements, but also to the psychological costs and the knock-on effects on investment and competitiveness.
In mid-April, at the municipal policy committee of Handwerk.NRW, Michael Holz illustrated how politics could counteract the bureaucratic burden on Mittelstand companies. Thereby, he also drew attention to good practice measures form the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
